BACKHANDED

backhanded

(adjective) roundabout or ambiguous; “attacks from that source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity”; “a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal”

backhanded, backhand(a)

(adjective) (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

backhanded (comparative more backhanded, superlative most backhanded)

With the back of the hand.

Involving a backward flip of the hand.

Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory.

Indirect.

Backwards, turned around.

(of writing) inclining to the left

Retrospective, occurring after the fact rather than in advance.

Self-serving, corrupt, slipshod, or neglectful.

Verb

backhanded

simple past tense and past participle of backhand

Adverb

backhanded (comparative more backhanded, superlative most backhanded)

In a backhanded manner.

Source: Wiktionary

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Back"hand`ed, a.

1. With the hand turned backward; as, a backhanded blow.

2. Indirect; awkward; insincere; sarcastic; as, a backhanded compliment.

3. Turned back, or inclining to the left; as, a backhanded letters.

BACKHAND

Back"hand`, n. Etym: [Back, adv. + hand.]

Definition: A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.

Back"hand`, a.

1. Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.

2. Backhanded; indirect; oblique. [R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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